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P. D. SO0TT. HOOP WEIGHT.

No. 523,180. Patented July 1'7, 1894,.v

INVENTOH WITNESSES:

A TTOHNE YS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK D. SCOTT, OF MOUNT MORRIS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOFREDERICK S. TAYLOR, OF SAME PLACE.

HOOP-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATIONfOImiDg partof Letters Patent No. 523,180, dated July 17, 1894.

Application filed May 8, 1894. Serial No. 510.472. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK D. SCOTT, of

Mount Morris, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in 'Ho0f Weights, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to so improve hoof weights that they maybe securely adjusted at the toe or other point on the hoof withoutproviding any special grooves, recesses or like formations in the shoe,to so construct-and arrange the fastening and releasing devices of theweight thatthey will leave the lower end of the weight practicallysolid, thus locating the greatest possible weight in the lower end, andto provide fastening and releasing devices which will withstand thejarring to which they are subjected in use, and which will solidly holdthe weight in place and will permit a ready removal thereof, whennecessary, without removing the shoe.

To this end the invention consists in the novel features of constructionas hereinafter particularly described and defined in the claims.

Reference is'to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and figures of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the vlews.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view, of a toe weight embodyingrhyinventio'n and showing the same applied to a hoof. Fig. 2 is asimilar View showing the manner of releasing the bodyof the weight inremoving the same. Fig. 3 is afront view. Fig. 4: is acr s section takenthrough the weight on about the line 4-4: Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the device that is secured to the hoof and to whichthe body of the weight is attached.

The toe weight comprises the body A and the block 13, the latter havingmeans for fixedly securing it to the hoof, and the body A having lockingdevices for removably securing it to the block B, and releasing devices,as presently will be described.

The block B has secured to its lower end a plate 0, which preferably issecured as shown, by a screw 0, or formed integral with the block, andis disposed at such an angle to the block that when the plate is enteredin a recess made therefor in the hoof 10, between the hoof and the shoe15, the block will correspond with the angle of the surface of the hoof.block consist of suitable screws which are adapted to pass into the hoofthrough the screw holes I).

. In the inner face of the body A alongitudinal recess a is formed,having dovetailed side walls as shown in Fig. 4, and this recess extendsthrough the lower end of the body and enables the body to be engagedwith the block by a downward sliding movement, the block entering thelower end of the recess, the parts fitting together as shown in Figs. 1,2 and 4. The recess a. is deepened toward the upper end as at a andreceives the plate spring D, which is fastened at its lower end as at dand is adapted to flex at its upper end in the deepened portion a of therecess, and on the said spring a lug d is formed or secured, said lugbeing received in an opening b formed therefor in the block B, thespring and its lug thus forming a spring latch for locking the body A tothe block B. The upper end of the block B is rounded oi as at b in orderto cause it to flex the spring D by contacting with the lug d as thebody and block are slid into engagement, and thus permit the end of theblock to pass such lug until the recess b comes opposite the same, atwhich time the lower end of the body will rest against the projectingend 0' of plate C.

The extreme end of the spring D, beyond the lug d, engages the releasinglever E, which is pivoted to the body as at e, the shank of the leverbeing normally received in the depression a formed in the outer face ofthe body A, such depression being continued into the upper deepened endof the recessa, a/, which receives the head of lever E. The end of thespring D is received in a recess 6', formed between the lugs 6 e of thelever, the inner lug e havinga hook-like end a;

A and. the arrangement is such that the spring Additional fasteningdevices for the.

D normally presses against the lug, e and its hooked end and maintainsthe parts in proper engagement; with the lever E flush with the ICCouter surface of the body, as in Fig. 1, and when it is desired todisengage the body it is only necessary to raise the lever to theposition shown in Fig. 2, which will release the spring latch D. By thisconstruction the spring latch will not be affected or released by anyjar, the parts are all strong and durable, and the weight may be readilyapplied to and removed from the hoof without providing any specialformations in the shoe or removing the shoe from the hoof.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A hoof weight comprising a block adapted tobe secured to the hoof, and a body having a longitudinal recess in itsinner face, a spring latch consisting of a plate spring in said recessand provided with a lug, the block having an opening for receivingsaidlug, and a releasing lever having a shank ranging along the outerface of the body and having a recess in its head into which the end ofthe plate spring is received, substantially as described.

2. A toe Weight comprising a block having a plate at its lower enddisposed at an angle to the body, a rounded upper end, an opening belowsuch end and screw holes adjacent to such opening, and a body having alongitudinal recess in its inner surface and a longitudinal depressionin its outer surface, the recess being deepened at its upper end andcommunicating with the said depression, a plate spring secured to thebody in the recess and provided with a lug, the upper end of the springextending beyond the lug, a lever fulcrumed on the body and having ashank fitting the depression thereof, and the head of the lever havingtwo lugs forming a recess in which the upper end of the plate spring isreceived, substantially as described.

FRANK D. SCOTT. Witnesses:

HORACE G. MANN, FRANCIS I-I. GALLON.

